§ 17.20.040. Adjustments to required parking.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17.20.030:

A.

No parking shall be required for uses located in the DTC district.

B.

No parking shall be required for existing structures in the CF, MUI or MUI-A districts which were constructed prior to December 24, 1974.

C.

For uses located within the CF, MUI or MUI-A districts within the I-40/I-65/I-265 loop south of the CSX railroad, and north of, or having frontage on, Gateway Boulevard, and which are located within a council-approved redevelopment district, the off-street parking requirement shall be one-quarter the requirement set forth in Table 17.20.030.

D.

For uses located within the CF, MUI or MUI-A districts within the I-40/I-65/I-265 loop, south of properties fronting on Gateway Boulevard, and which are located within a Council approved redevelopment district, the off-street parking requirement shall be one-half the requirement set forth in Table 17.20.030.

E.

Within the urban zoning overlay district, for uses not eligible for a parking reduction or exemption pursuant to Sections 17.20.040A through 17.20.040D, the minimum amount of required parking shown in Table 17.20.030 shall be adjusted as follows. The combined effect of all applicable adjustments in this section shall not reduce the off-street parking required by Table 17.20.030 by more than twenty-five percent.

F.

On-street parking on narrow streets within the urban zoning overlay district: Unless otherwise posted and pursuant to other limitations set forth in Section 17.20.040, on-street parking may be used to meet minimum parking requirements for properties on only one side of non-arterial streets within the urban zoning overlay district that are less than twenty-six feet wide (curb to curb). For streets that are oriented northerly to southerly, properties abutting the easterly side qualify. For streets that are oriented easterly to westerly, properties abutting the northerly side qualify.

Adjustment	Criteria	Parking Adjustment
Transit	Resident or nonresident use (other than an after hours establishment) is located within 660 feet of a public transit route.	10% reduction
Pedestrian Access	Nonresidential use is located where residents of all residential and mixed-use areas within 1,320 feet of the subject property can walk to and from the nonresidential use on a continuous sidewalk system (ignoring intervening streets)	10% reduction
Public Parking Lots	Nonresidential use is located within 660 feet of a parking lot that is available for use by the public without charge (either directly or through a validation program in which the subject use participates).	10% reduction
On-Street Parking	Single-family or duplex residential use is located along one or more public street frontages where public parking is permitted.	One legal on-street parking space (to a maximum of two parking spaces) can be substituted for every required off-street parking space provided the on-street space is located on a public right-of-way immediately abutting the property or tenant space seeking the parking adjustment. Where a partial space straddles an extension of a side property line, the space may be counted by the abutting property owner in front of whose property 50% or more of the space is located.
	Multifamily residential or nonresidential use is located along one or more public street frontages where public parking is permitted.	One legal on-street parking space can be substituted for ½ of every required off-street parking space provided the on-street space is located on a public right-of-way immediately abutting the property or tenant space seeking the parking
Contextual Front Setbacks	Residential or nonresidential use builds within ten feet of the rights-of-way in accordance with the contextual front setback provision contained in Section 17.12.035(A)(3) (Major new investment provision).	10% reduction

 

(Ord. BL2011-898 § 11, 2011; Ord. BL2009-586 § 1(Exh. A, § 36), 2010; Ord. BL2008-327 § 2, 2008; Ord. 2002-1017 § 1, 2002; Ord. BL2000-364 § 1 (part), 2000; Amdt. 2 with Ord. 99-1614 § 1, 1999; Ord. 96-555 § 5.3(B), 1997)